Labor Day

The regional group that agreed to subsidize People Express' suspended service to Newark and Boston met behind closed doors for about 45 minutes Monday to discuss investing funds to support an air service at Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport. The group took no action and would not say if members discussed People Express and its status. The Regional Air Service Enhancement Committee, known as RAISE, had earlier this summer agreed to give the Peninsula Airport Commission $700,650 to match a federal grant of $950,000 to support the People Express service. The commission has paid $650,000 to the firm that People Express hired to provide and operate planes, as an advance...

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